The James Dyson Award, an international student design and engineering competition, opens for submissions today.
Current or recent students are asked to submit problem-solving ideas that could make a real difference to people’s lives.
Last year, Limerick woman Olivia Humphreys won the global competition under the Medical Devices category.
Her invention ‘Athena’ is a portable scalp-cooling device for cancer patients.
Since it was established in 2005, the James Dyson Award has supported more than 400 student inventions with €1m in prize money and a global platform.
Those who progress to the final stages and are selected by James Dyson as the global winners will claim a prize of €36,000.
“I started the James Dyson Award 20 years ago with the mission to inspire and support the next generation of design engineers,” Mr Dyson said.
“The brilliant ideas we’ve seen since then prove that young people are passionate about providing solutions to the world’s most pressing problems, using design, engineering and technology – in medicine, the environment and much more,” he added.
The deadline to apply is midnight on 16 July.
National winners will be announced in September, a global shortlist will be issued in October and the overall winners will be announced in November.
